Monday, March 01, 2010

That Was No Accident, That's Their Right

Along with the information that over a third of all Republicans are anti-birth control, I think this pretty much has to drive us to the conclusion that Feminism is right: men (at least a certain sort of man) hate us. They keep trying to pretend it's all about the babies, but please. Go read any of the comment streams at Dr. Helen's site (she plays den mother to these boys--see this post, for a fine example of misogyny), or try a week or two of RightWingSparkle's site, if you can bear it. One minute it's all how they just want to stop the Holocaust of Abortion, and then they're off on a rant about how evil and stupid and useless women, and Liberals, who are just like women, are.

The smaller the Republican party gets, the less cover they have. They were always this hateful and crazy; it's just now they don't have the sane Republicans around to distract us.

RightWingSparkle is run by a woman, and of course Dr. Helen is a woman. So not every tool in this game is male, clearly. Sorry if I suggested otherwise. The patriarchy, like any oppressive system, has always depended on women like Dayton and Dr. Helen (and Ann Coulter, to name another) who think if they suck up and act like the men, they'll get to be honorary men.

Over on Dr. Helen's site, you can see this in action. One out of every 20 commenters is a woman, and her comments will be, usually, even more vicious than the men's comments. Look at me, she is saying: I'm not like those other women. I'm one of the good ones!

Just to be clear, I'm not saying that all men are evil, or even most men. Most men that I know and most men that are in my life are decent, smart, civilized fellas. I wouldn't have them in my life if they weren't. So when I say "Some men hate you," I'm talking about a specific category of guys, those who are anti-choice, those who write those hateful comments over on the Dr. Helen site, those who are against women's equality.

I wasn't trying to criticize. I'm mostly just appalled at the whole thing. I moved to Utah a couple months ago and I was okay moving to a red state before, but this law has me a bit shaken.

I mean, it wasn't until the day of voting that someone pointed out the problems associated with the term "reckless." Criminalizing activities relating to abortion is already problematic. Including a word that could conceivably criminalize activities like working too hard and skiing? Come on!!!